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A Silver Mt. Zion uses a number of different variations of the name on different releases with respect to line-up changes.
A Silver Mt. Zion is a band formed in 1999, in Montreal, Quebec, by Godspeed You! Black Emperor musicians Efrim Menuck, Sophie Trudeau and Thierry Amar. According to an interview with VPRO Radio in The Netherlands, originally the project was for Efrim to learn how to score music, but the idea was soon abandoned as Efrim decided that he preferred music not to be defined by rules, preferring simply what sounds best. Read more on Last.fm
The older I become the more patience I have for ‘jam-y’ bands that like to play 20min tracks, however, I will admit that I had no tertiary knowledge of the band or their style and no one told me to listen to this, but I am glad that I did. Give it a listen and by ‘Austerity Blues’ you should be hooked.